New edition which contains everything required by critical care nurses for practice and certification. Includes all the content on the CCRN examination blueprint. Also useful as a clinical reference providing quick access to essential information needed for care of critically ill clients.

Explores the spectrum of topics important to the treatment of critically ill patients with cardiac and respiratory failure. Includes in-depth discussions on pathophysiologic principles, approaches to therapy, and individual disorders. Investigates ethical and legal aspects of caring for the critically ill, and includes illustrations and figures to simplify complex subjects.

"Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine" is a two-volume loose-leaf reference work. The core publication will be updated annually. Each annual update will include 20 to 25 new or revised chapters. The addition of new chapters will ensure complete coverage of emerging topics; chapter revisions will be incorporated as needed in fast-moving areas. Features include: over 900 illustrations, 30 in colour; a substantial section on critical care medicine (16 chapters); and reflections on current clinical pulmonary practice.

Stimulating and provocative work with fiberoptic technology is reported in this volume. Invasive fiberoptic reflectometry has only been used up to now for monitoring intravascular oxygen saturation. These contributions examine how this technique can be clinically applied to measure other parameters in the critically ill patient. Methodological aspects are discussed, but the main focus is on clinical value and application. The authors look at measurements that can be evaluated using a flowdirected fiberoptic pulmonary artery catheter and an arterial fiberoptic thermodulution catheter. These measurements deal with oxygen saturation, intrathoracic and total blood volume, indocyanine green dye liver function, and extravascular lung water. Considering the advanced state of the technology and the innovative physiologic concepts presented here, this book lays the foundation for a new, integrated monitoring system of cardiopulmonary physiology.

As the only pediatric and neonatal review book on the market, PEDIATRIC AND NEONATAL CRITICAL CARE CERTIFICATION REVIEW contains essential content to be studied for AACN's and NCC's certification examinations in pediatric and neonatal critical care. The approach is to provide only essential information in an uncomplicated style so readers can study and learn brief sections at a time. Each chapter focuses on a particular body system and is organized with passkeys, questions, and answers/rationales.

This text examines all the basics in providing perioperative care. It should serve to update both trainees and practitioners on the needs of the patient who becomes critically ill perioperatively, or the patient with the established severe pathology who requires surgical intervention or special treatment. The book is divided into three sections: part 1 covers basic ICU organization, patient assessment and general areas of critical care; the organ-specific chapters of part 2 cover neurologic, cardiovascular, pulmonary, hepatic, renal, haematologic and infectious disease assessment and therapy; and part 3 focuses on subspeciality critical care and the special problems encountered in critical care.